Gerrit norton



(No Model.)

G. NORTON. GAP FOR MUSTARD BOTTLES.

No. 433,209. Patented July 29, 1890.

A TTRNEYS oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo 1:.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GERRIT NORTON, OF NET YORK, N. Y.

AP FOR MUSTARD-BOTTLES.

SPEIFICATION formng' part Of Letters Patent NO. 433,209, dated. July 29, 1890.

Application filed February 8, 1890. Serial No. 339,709. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may conoern:

Be it known that I, GERRIT NORTON, of the city, County, and State of New York, a citizen of the United States, have invented certain new and usefnl Improvements in (Japs for ilinstard-Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved cap for mustard hottles, which can he readily applied to or removed from the hottle, and which can he opened with great facility for giving access to the interiorof the same; and the invention consists of a cap for mustardhottles, which is composed of an annular hand having slits in its lower edge7 said hand fitting over the rini of the hottle-head, and of a cap which is pivoted to the inwardly-hent top i'lange of thehand and provided with a recess for the shank of the mnstard-spoon.

In the aecompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a mustard-hottle with my improved cap shown as applied on the same. Fig. 2 is a top view of said cap, and Fig. 3 a vertical central section of the same on line 2 2, Fig. 2.

Similar lettcrs of refcrence indicate correspon ding parts.

Referring to the drawings, A represents an annular conVexo-eoncave'hand of sheet metal that is fitted to the head of the mnstard-hottle B, said hand being provided with slits a, that extend from its lower edge to about the middle of the same, and with an inwardlybent top flange h, that rests on the head of the hottle7 while the slitted hand is adapted to slip over the rini of the same and fit tightly thereto. The slits a impart a certain degree of elasticity to the hand A, so that the cap can be readilyziplied to or removed from the same.

The flange b is provided at one point of its eircumference with an inwardly-extending lug b', to which a cap I is pivot-ed by means of an eyelet d, as shown clearl y in Figs. 2 and 3. The cap B swings on its pivot sidewise of the hand A, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, so as to give access to the interior of the hottle. The cap B is provided with a recess e next adjoining the pivot (Z, which recess serves for holding the spoon O hy which the mustard is removed from the hottle. Then the cap is opened hy swinging it in lateral direction away from the month of the hottle, the spoon is released and can he used for taking mustard from the hottle. In closing the cap B the recess of the same engages the shank of the spoon and retains itin position.

The cap is attached to the hottle after the cork is put into the same and sold with it. 011 Opening the hottle the cap is removed and the cork withdrawn, after which the cap is replaced on the hottle and used therewith until all the mustard in the hottle is used.

The advantages of my cap are that the hottle has a neat appearance when on the table' and that it forms a protection to the mustard in the hottle, preventing dust and foreign suhstances from getting in. As the hand tts tightly to the rim of the hottle, the cap is not liahle to get detached thcrefrom.

Having. thus described my invention, I elaim as new and desire to secure hy Letters Patent- A cap for mustard-hottles, consisting of an annular convexo-concave hand having slits in its lower part and an inwardly-hent top fiange, and a cap that is pivoted at a point near its circumference to said flange and provided with a recess for the spoon adjoining said pivot, suhstantially as set forth.

In testimony that I elaim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of two suhscrihing witnesses.

GERRIT NORTON.

Witnesses:

PAUL GOEPEL, MARTIN PETEY. 

